THE BALLAD-POETRY OF SOUTHERN SPAIN.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT011."]
Srn,—At the end of your article in the Spectator of February 3rd you quote "the words of a forgotten poet." Allow me to remind you that this "forgotten poet" is the Rev. Charles
Wolfe, author of the well-known "Ode on the Burial of Sir John Moore." As you have not given the verse correctly, allow me to send you the exact words, which I copy from the poem now before me, called "A Spanish Song "—it is the last verse :— "Remember, remember Barosca-
Remember Napoleon's chain—
Remember your own Saragossa,
And strike for the cause of Spain—
Remember your own Saragossa, And onward, onward for Spain !"
The whole poem is well worth reading, and may be found in "The Memoir of Charles Wolfe," written by his friend, the late Rev. John A. Russell, Archdeacon of Clogher.—I am,
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